very nice session at longy yesterday, but it was a bit scary at times. going from 10knts to 30 knots in a blink of an eye, and some pretty large swell/waves to deal with.
overall very enjoyable tho.

Gawd....I'm glad someone got some wind on the weekend.....we got nuthin' here. Total rubbish all weekend

That was certainly the quickest I have ever seen a squall coming in. Came from 3 km away in about 2 minutes. You did well to last out those squalls Em.
In one morning I saw:
Wind drop to nothing- boat rescue needed for stranded kiter
30knt squall- bloke lofted 15ft over sand-dune
Tore my kite-
35knt squall-everyone pulls safety, and one kite goes 500m over unit block after safety breaks.

Pretty wild session

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That was certainly the quickest I have ever seen a squall coming in. Came from 3 km away in about 2 minutes. You did well to last out those squalls Em.

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Hm... Did not! But I got smashed so hard and so quick that my release was already opened when the 4 other guys were still hanging up there, which got me to enjoy the view!

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In one morning I saw: Wind drop to nothing-

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Same... And then gust coming out of nowhere: " you wish you were launching right now" type of thing!

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We had no boat and team work came in hard (awesome to have good kiting buddies) and we've all helped each other recovering our boards... and bits and pieces!

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The guys reckon the one that hit us was closer to 40, I couldn't tell: I was either playing submarine under water or dummy skimming above it while my kite was swinging all over my wind window.... I wish I had a footage of it! Good stuff, lol... (my back loved it...)

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bloke lofted 15ft over sand-dune

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Thank God we only had water around, but I think we all had the time to feel our guts going up our brains... (interesting picture...)

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I did not, I did not! yeehee! (had enough E.R with my kites lately... Now trying to be good to them (or nearly...))

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35knt squall-everyone pulls safety, and one kite goes 500m over unit block after safety breaks.

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Funny: I saw the exact same thing happen where I was... It is sort of fascinating (scary but fascinating) to watch those birds taking off on their own... How far do they go???? The one I saw just went up... and up.... and higher up.... Do they ever come back down or do they eventually reach heaven and live a happy kite life ever after????

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Agree!!! How bloody good was that hey!?
Will preciously keep that blissful smile on my face for couple of days...sigh...
All together, glad to hear no one got hurt...

Sunny Coast started pumping at about 4pm. Echo and I were watching it on the net coming up the coast. We parked a car, drove 15km back down the coast, pumped up in about 10kts E thinking we were crazy. Within about 10mins it picked up to 20kts to 25kts SSE - had such an awsesome session. The waves were really smooth and the ocean and sky looked so wild.

Was so pumped by the end - such big air.

Chronic your not wrong Sundra probably weighs about 45 kilos , if anyone can get going in light winds its Sundra.I remember on a light day I was struggling on my 16 and Sundra went flying past me on a 12, being light has its advantages.

I think we all have one more campaign in us and thats Green Island next big southerly were all heading down the coast for an action packed weekend of kitesurfing talking **** and drinking.

Hopefully the wind gods will be kind to us over the easter break , bring on the wind.

Em / Danza

I checked it yesterday (Mon) and it was going off... no one out clear sky and perfect. If only I could have hit it.

Those squalls were insane... you know when **** has hit the fan when your kite is parked off to one side completely depowered and your aqua planning on you stomach across the ocean. Dan I think you correct in saying that those squalls could have been over 40 knots, judging by the graphs I checked that night.... still had me grinning, but also frustrated at the same time.

Matt

Hi all Looks like green arrowes for Saturday. Will have my kite back by Friday South to SSW could be a Wanda day. I will pack some bears for Chronic if he does ant get stuck over at Boat Harbuor.